ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Methodist McKinney Hospital announced the acquisition of an outpatient surgery center in McKinney, Texas.

Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., recently opened a new ambulatory surgery center, according to an nj.com report.

RBC Capital analysts recently raised their price target for shares of Medical Facilities Corporation from C$15.50 to C$17, according to a report by Ticker Report.

Here are nine statistics on the percentage of cases performed by ambulatory surgery centers' top physicians based on the number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimarker Survey 2011.

University of Maryland Medical System and Shore Health System earned approval from Queen Anne's County Commissioners to open an outpatient surgery center in Queenstown, Md., according to a MyEasternShoreMD.com report.

BJC Health System earned approval to open an outpatient pediatric ambulatory center at the site of a former highway patrol troop headquarters in Town and Country, Mo., according to a Newsmagazine Network.com report.

As the ambulatory surgery center market continues to develop this year, physicians who own surgery centers — as well as those who are unaffiliated — will take a hard look at whether or not surgery centers are still a wise…

Last spring, the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center purchased the shut down Lakeside Hospital building in Brockport, N.Y., and planned to convert it to an ambulatory surgery center and freestanding emergency department, according to a Rochester Business Journal report.

CNL Healthcare Properties, a real estate investment trust, announced the acquisition of two medical office buildings in Coral Springs, Fla.  

Is there still room for new ambulatory surgery centers to open their doors in increasingly saturated markets? CEO of Physicians Endoscopy Barry Tanner and Reed Martin, COO of Surgical Management Professionals, offer a forecast for the future of de novo…